When on a mission trip to China a few years back I was deep in conversation with a student on a college campus... I was teaching him to write a sentence in English that involved the use of "I".
After we had finished, he made an observation of Americans vs. the Chinese that I will never forget. He told me that in Chinese they always use lower case letters when referencing themselves in writing, it is a form of humility and respect for the person(s) that the writing is addressing. His comment to me was, "are Americans really so proud that they consider themselves better than even those that they are writing to? It could be a state official or their best friend or a parent or someone that they have never met, do they simply assume that they are better than that person?"
It is true, in a way, if you are not proud to be an American your not one. Well, from now on when I can get away with it, i am going to use the lower case "i" to refer to myself.
Whenever you see an "i" in my writing please take note that i respect you, i value you and i am here to serve you as your friend, son, brother, husband, father, co-worker or simply a fellow human.
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